Unless we adopt conscious realism, which holds that conscious agents are what the universe is made of, and matter and energy are fake
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NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 11 months agoAgreed, the big issue with their argument here is that “god” implies sentience, which isn’t something we have any reason to assume exists for whatever at the “stop somewhere” point. If energy was the starting point for example, I doubt these people would be down with calling heat a god
DroneRights@lemm.ee 11 months ago
jaycifer@kbin.social 11 months ago
On the contrary, I’d argue energy mostly meets many of the philosophical criteria for God.
Omnipotence: It literally is what drives stuff to happen.
Omnipresence: It is present to some degree in all things everywhere for all time, though you could argue about vacuum.
Omniscience: See omnipresence, although having knowledge implies some level of consciousness, which is pretty debatable. My psychedelic phase tells me that it’s totally a thing, but I’ll be the first to admit that’s not a rational argument.
Omnibenevolence: I don’t understand why God needs to be good.